SHADOWINESS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

shadowiness

noun

Definition of shadowiness

as in vagueness

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Noun

Councilmember Dimple Ajmera said the vagueness stems from a need for flexibility.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2026
The vagueness of Carr’s post may be useful for his and Trump’s ongoing battle against the news media.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of vagueness

Noun

From the start, Newsom understood the moral murkiness of his maneuver and included a provision returning map-drawing to the independent commission after the 2030 census.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Because of the legal murkiness, Pratte urges people to talk to an attorney before foregoing registration.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of murkiness

Noun

The effect of all this niceness and neatness is that moments that might land with a sense of wit or profundity instead plop with sentimentality.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026
In the 100 years since his birth, and 60 since his death, generations of writers have found inspiration in his casual profundity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of profundity

Noun

What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

Definition of impenetrability

Noun

This guy who’s got poetry in his soul, just surrounded by darkness and just trying to let that light shine.

— Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
Warhammer Survivors changes that, finally providing curious gamers with an easy entry point into the grim darkness of the 41st millennium.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 12 Nov. 2026

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